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package-cleanup(1)                                          package-cleanup(1)

NAME
       package-cleanup  -  clean  up locally installed, duplicate, or orphaned
       packages
SYNOPSIS
       package-cleanup [options] <item ...>
DESCRIPTION
       package-cleanup is a program  for  cleaning  up  the  locally-installed
       RPMs.
GENERAL OPTIONS
       -c <config file>
              Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).
       -h, --help
              Help; display a help message and then quit.
       -q, --quiet
              Print out nothing unnecessary.
       -v, --version
              Report program version and exit.
       -y     Agree to anything asked.
       --leaves
              List  leaf nodes in the local RPM database.  Leaf nodes are RPMs
              that are not relied upon by any other RPM.
       --orphans
              List installed packages which are not available  from  currently
              configured repositories. This is identical to "yum list extras",
              which may provide better output.
       --oldkernels
              Remove old kernel and kernel-devel packages.
       --problems
              List dependency problems in the local RPM database. If any prob-
              lems are found it will exit with an exit code of 1.
       --dupes
              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database.
       --cleandupes
              Scan  for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean out the
              older versions.
       --removenewestdupes
              Remove the newest dupes instead of the oldest dupes when  clean-
              ing duplicates.
       --noscripts
              Disable rpm scriptlets from running when cleaning duplicates.
       --count <COUNT>
              Number  of  duplicate/kernel  packages  to  keep  on  the system
              (default 2)
LEAVES OPTIONS
       --all  When listing leaf nodes  also  list  leaf  nodes  that  are  not
              libraries.
       --leaf-regex
              A package name that matches this regular expression will be con-
              sidered a leaf.
       --exclude-devel
              When listing leaf nodes do not list development packages.
       --exclude-bin
              When listing leaf nodes do not list packages with files  in  bin
              directories.
OLDKERNELS OPTIONS
       --keepdevel
              Do not remove kernel-devel packages when removing kernels

EXAMPLES
       List all dependency problems:
              package-cleanup --problems
       List all packages that are not in any Yum repository:
              package-cleanup --orphans
       Remove  old  kernels  keeping  3  and leaving old kernel-devel packages
       installed:
              package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=3 --keepdevel
       List all leaf packages with no files in  a  bin  directory  whose  name
       begins with either 'perl' or 'python':
              package-cleanup              --leaves              --exclude-bin
              --leaf-regex="^(perl)|(python)"
FILES
       As package-cleanup uses YUM libraries for retrieving all  the  informa-
       tion,  it relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which
       repositories to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
       /etc/yum.conf
       /etc/yum/repos.d/
       /var/cache/yum/

SEE ALSO
       yum.conf (5)
       http://yum.baseurl.org/

AUTHORS
       See the Authors file included with this program.

BUGS
       There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should  first
       consult  the  FAQ  section  on  http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq  and if
       unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact  the  mailing  list:  yum-
       devel AT lists.org.   To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
       for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs  and  http://yum.baseurl.org/report
       for all other bugs.

Gijs Hollestelle               03 November 2005             package-cleanup(1)